St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks Prediction: The Blues are playing with an outrageous attitude

Prediction for the NHL St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks match which will take place on March 31st. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

St. Louis continues its desperate pursuit of Cup places and is now in great shape. Another thing is that there were significant questions about the state of the Blues at the turn of February and March when they lost six out of eight meetings. This disastrous stretch will likely prevent them from eventually making the playoffs. The second half of March is going very well for the Blues, as they have won seven of their last nine games, only going without a point in a 4:3 loss to Colorado and a 2:1 overtime loss to Vegas, even though the Knights are their closest competitors. So far, St. Louis remains in ninth place in the Western Conference standings.

San Jose has been painful to watch since the beginning of the regular season when the Sharks went on an 11-game losing streak that ended with them giving up ten goals in back-to-back games. At that point, it was evident that the Sharks would suffer through the rest of the season, and they did. Sure, they had flashes of brilliance occasionally, but they were so short-lived that there was no hope. For David Quinn's wards, the end of the regular season is the same as the beginning: they have lost 18 of their last 19 games, only beating Ottawa 2:1. They are bottom of the Western Conference standings.

As the NHL regular season joins the home stretch, tournament motivation is paramount. St. Louis is in ninth place in the Western Conference, so their task is to collect as many points as possible while waiting for Vegas and Los Angeles to make mistakes to steal their ticket to the playoffs. The Blues are playing with an outrageous attitude and have collected 15 out of 18 points in their last nine games. San Jose is in last place and can only dream of the end of the season.

Not only has San Jose lost to everyone, but it has also been terrible at defending its own goal. In their last 20 meetings, the Californians have conceded 94 goals, an average of 4.70 per game - a catastrophically weak metric that is the worst in the league. The Sharks and Musicians have scored 29 goals in their last four meetings, averaging 7.25 goals per game.